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Until you mentioned a daughter, I was 95% confident you were gay. Now I'm down to 10% confidence, mostly because of the possibility of adoption.
Oh. Reading along, I just realized he passed away. Sorry. I'm glad you're doing your best to keep his memories alive, and even play into his interests. If my future wife went to such lengths when I was in the grave, I would be very happy about it.
To actually answer your question, I think the data you extracted is worth more than the system itself (at least when it's clearly broken). If your husband was alive, he would probably care more about the fact that you retained the information and the fact you even want to play HL3 with your daughter, rather than the fact that you played it on his old pc. If your daughter wants to keep it, keep it. Otherwise you might feel a little better if you, say, gave away some of the working but unnecessary parts to charity or some eager kid who is friends or family. Thank you for trying, either way.
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